| Mumford & Sons – Thistle & Weeds Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Don't know if this song has anything to do with this, but there are many similarities between it and Wuthering Heights. 'spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams cause recently mine have been tearing my seams' Heathcliff was judged very harshly by Hindley and the Lintons. His own dreams (his love for Cathy) were so powerful that they consumed him. 'Alone in the wind and the rain you left me' After Cathy's death, Isabella locks Heathcliff out in the rain when he returns from visiting her grave. He spends part of the night outside. 'it's getting dark darling, too dark to see, and I'm on my knees and your faith in shreds it seems' After Cathy marries Edgar, Heathcliff falls into what he calls an abyss (which are generally dark) and he wants nothing more then to have her back. 'Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown, I know have felt much more love than you've shown' Cathy marries Edgar partially to gain welath and social stature. The only reason she chooses him over Heathcliff is because of Edgar's fortune. She loved Heathcliff, and he knew it, but she never showed it until it was too late. That's basically all I got for similarities. I don't think they had this book in mind when they wrote the song, but whenever I hear it now it makes me think of Wuthering Heights. |
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